A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available. One Health Series of events 2025 - Collaborating in animal health and welfare Date: Wednesday 29 October 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: 5Ek95Xh9Speaker: Gerlinde Van De Walle, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin InstituteHost: Musa HassanThis seminar will be led by the ‘Animal health and welfare’ cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Investigating fine-scale recombination rate variation in Chlamydomonas Date: Wednesday 29 October 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Rob Ness, University of Toronto, MississaugaHost: Jarrod Hadfield Centre of African Studies - Exploring the social determinants of malaria in Uganda: the role of livelihoods Date: Wednesday 29 October 2025Time: 4pm - 5:30pmLocation: Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Ground Floor, 15a George SquareSpeaker: Dr Kevin Deane, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open UniversityHost: Dr Ian Russell, Lecturer in African Studies and International DevelopmentRegister via Eventbrite Inaugural Lectures Professor Katrin Ottersbach and Brian Bigger - Childhood Therapies: it's all in the blood Date: Thursday 30 October 2025Time: 5 pm - 6.30 pm Lectures 6.30 - 7.30 pm drinks receptionLocation: Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, Edinburgh BioQuarterSpeakers: Professor Katrin Ottersbach – Personal Chair of Developmental Haematology, Institute of Regeneration and Repair Professor Brian Bigger – Chair in Advanced Therapeutics, Institute of Regeneration and RepairRegistration: Via Eventbrite Host: The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine One Health Series of events 2025 - Art Exhibition: Aesthetics of One Health Date: Monday 3 November 2025Time: 11.30 am - 1 pm Location: The atrium, William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianDr Ann-Christin Zuntz and Professor Lisa Boden will open an art exhibition showcasing Syrian agricultural heritage through art and music Monday Seminar Series - From Quillworts to Shoreweed: Using non-model plants as windows into evolutionary processes Date: Monday 3 November 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Daniel Rutherford, G.27, LT1Speaker: David Wickell, University of ConnecticutHost: Bianca Ferreira, IMPS One Health Series of events 2025 - One Health in the Clinics: Reducing environmental impact Date: Monday 3 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: yE7J2mW6Speaker: Gudrun Schoeffmann, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesRachel Nixon, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesHost: Dana GrigoreThis seminar will be led by the ‘Collaboration, culture and community health’ cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* The Edinburgh Virology Seminar series - Tumours and tremors: oncogenic and neurotropic viruses of sheep Date: Monday 3 November 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: the Roslin Institute Basement seminar room, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS. Password: 24bS239GSpeaker: David Griffiths, Moredun Research Institute One Health Series of events 2025 - One Health Policy Practice and Plans Date: Tuesday 4 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: g4Gq7Ad7Speakers: Katie Adam, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security,Aoife Behan, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food SystemsGeoff Simm, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food SystemsThis seminar will be led by the ‘Collaboration, culture and community health’ cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* One Health Series of events 2025 - One Health in the Clinics: Antibiotic resistance and prescribing Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: KJ6xT93vSpeaker: Jeanne Dennehy, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Dr Tim Nuttall, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesHost: Rosie HerringtonThis is a ‘Collaboration, culture and community health’ cluster seminar.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Institute of Immunology and Infection Internal Seminar - Understanding signalling pathways that underpin malaria transmission Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Nisha Philip, IIIR, University of Edinburgh Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - Sociality , ageing and menopause in toothed whales and beyond Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Sam Ellis, University of ExeterHosts: Matthew Silk The Institute of Cell Biology Seminar - Spatial organisation and dynamics of genome replication: from forks to foci Date: Tuesday 11 November 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Michael Swann Building, Room 7.20, King's BUilding's CampusSpeaker: Prof. Cristina Cardoso, Technische Universität DarmstadtHost: Sara Buonomo, ICB One Health Series of events 2025 - The University’s Race Review – Lessons for a One Health Campus Date: Tuesday 11 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.022 Auditorium, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: yE7J2mW6Speaker: Dr Omolabake Fakunle - Chancellor’s Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Moray House School of Education and SportHost: Professor Lisa Boden - Head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Dean of Veterinary Medicine*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - Delineating mechanisms of immune tailoring at the oral barrier Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Joanne Konkel, University of ManchesterHosts: Andrew MacDonald Institute of Ecology & Evolution seminar series - Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Dynamics of X-linked Meiotic Drive in Drosophila simulans Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Cécile Courret, Université Paris-SaclayHost: Laura Ross One Health Series of events 2025 - Bench, Barn and Bedside: One Health Animal Bioscience for Animals and Humans Date: Thursday 13 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: E8co7Zj3Speakers: Jacqueline Smith, Joe Rainger and Nick WadeThis event will be led by the 'Animal biosciences, agriculture and aquaculture' cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only*Hosts: Megan Davey, Simon Lillico and Smaragda Tsairidou Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Autumn Session Date: Thursday 13 November 2025Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Prof. Gregers Jungersen (Statens Serum Institut, Denmark)Prof. John Tregoning (Imperial)Dr. Joy Edwards-Hicks (Edinburgh, CIR) One Health Series of events keynote 2025 - Towards making One Health impactful Date: Friday 14 November 2025Time: 12.45 pm - 2 pm Location: G.022, Roslin Auditorium, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianKeynote Speaker: Professor Tony Holohan12:45pm - Registration opens in the Roslin Institute Atrium.1:10pm-2:00pm - Keynote with Professor Tony Holohan.2:00pm - Further discussion with Professor Holohan will be welcome after the keynote.Registration is required to attend this keynote. This is an in-person event. Monday Seminar Series - The Cryo FIB-SEM facility at UoE - What can it do for you? Date: Monday 17 November 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Daniel Rutherford, G.27, LT1Speaker: Fraser Laidlaw, Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems,UoEHost: Louise Horsfall, IQB3 Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - MAPS technology and its use in vaccine development Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025Time: 12 pm to 1pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Dr Yingjie Lu, Research Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolHost: Professor Debby Bogaert Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Integrating ecological and historical data into population genetic inferences: from Mo'orea fishes to Mascarene birds Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Stefano Mona, Université PSL, ParisHost: Simon Martin Monday Seminar Series Date: Monday 24 November 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Daniel Rutherford, G.27, LT1Speaker: Prof. Matt Neale, University of SussexHost: Adele Marston, ICB Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Sean Stankowski, University of SussexHost: Konrad Lohse Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - The sex lives of malaria parasites Date: Thursday 27 November 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Arthus Talman, Wellcome Sanger InstituteHost: Various Monday Seminar Series - Shuffling the deck: How chromosomes pair and recombine in meiosis Date: Monday 1 December 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Daniel Rutherford, G.27, LT1Speaker: Dr Simone Köhler - EMBL, BarcelonaHost: Dhanya Cheerambathur, ICB Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - protozoan - crypto genetic screens Date: Wednesday 3 December 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Bishara Marzook, The Francis Crick InstituteHost: Andrew Maclean Easter Bush Seminar Series - Transforming the Debate about livestock systems transformation Date: Wednesday 3 December 2025Time: 1.30 pmLocation: the Roslin Auditorium, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RGSpeaker: Dominic Moran GAAFS, TRADE Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 3 December 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Nelly Olova, School of Biological Sciences, The University of EdinburghHost: Internal Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture 2025 - Fragments of a life in HIV research Date: Thursday 4 December 2025Time: 5.30 - 6.30 pm (Closing drinks reception from 6.30 pm)Location: Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Doorway 3 Edinburgh EH8 9AGSpeaker: Prof Graham Hart, University College LondonRegistration: Please register to attend on EventbriteHost: Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - Protozoan diseases of cattle Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Liam Morrison, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, MidlothianHosts: Achim Schnaufer/K Matthews Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 14 January 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Simon Boitard, CBGP MontpellierHost: Matthew Hartfield Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Winter Session Date: Thursday 22 January 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Amanda Gibson (Aberystwyth)Prof. Andrew MacDonald (Edinburgh, IIIR) Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 1 April 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, UAB BarcelonaHost: Simon Martin Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Spring Session Date: Thursday 30 April 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Achille Broggi (Centre d'immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France)Prof. Richard Grencis (Manchester)Dr. Karen Mackenzie (Edinburgh, CIR) Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Summer Session Date: Thursday 11 June 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Mike Dolan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)Dr. Juan Quintana (Manchester)Dr. Jing Qui (Edinburgh, CDBS) This article was published on 2024-08-28
